YouTube: It is the most popular online video platform founded in February 2015. It allows users to upload, view, share videos. As of May 2019, 500 hours of content are uploaded to YouTube every minute. Here, we will show some useful keyboard shortcuts available for the YouTube application. Go for it!!
Last updated on Jan 11, 2021.
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New Shortcuts:
| Shortcut | Function |
|---|---|
| I | This shortcut key will launch the mini player |
| T | It will toggle the cinema mode |
General Shortcuts:
| Shortcut | Function |
|---|---|
| Space | Helps to play/pause the video (Player focus required) |
| K | This shortcut key will help to play/pause the video (Player focus isn’t required) |
| ↑ | It helps to turn up the volume %5 |
| ↓ | This key will turn down the volume %5 |
| M | Helps to mute/unmute the volume |
| ← | This shortcut key will help to move backward 5 seconds |
| → | Helps to move forward 5 seconds |
| L | This shortcut key will move forward 10 seconds |
| J | It is used to move backward 10 seconds |
| Home or 0 |
Helps to restart the video |
| End | It helps to skip to the end |
| 1 | This key will help to move backward 10 seconds |
| F | Helps to enter or exit the full screen |
| Esc | This shortcut key will exit fullscreen |
| Ctrl+← | It will help to move to the next video (only in playlists) |
| Ctrl+→ | Helps to move to previous video (only in playlists) |
| Tab | Used to move to navigate and move forward in player buttons |
| Shift+Tab | It will move to navigate and move backward in player buttons |
| Enter | It helps to execute the selected player control button |
| C | This key will help to turn on or off closed captions |
| + | Helps to increase the closed caption font size |
| – | This key will decrease the closed caption font size |
| > | Helps to increase the play speed |
| < | Used to decrease the play speed |
| Shift+P | This shortcut key will play the previously played video |
| Shift+N | Helps to play the next video in recommendation or playlist |
| / | It is used to select the search bar |
| Esc | Helps to exit the full screen |
| , or . |
This shortcut key will help to move backward per frame when the video is paused |
Wind-Up:
In this tutorial, we discussed the list of keyboard shortcuts available for the YouTube application. If you have any issue regarding this article or any unresolved query, please comment in the comment box below. We will assist you. Thank you so much for reading!!